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Patent GB-190920373-A (GB)
Title: Hoisting Appliance.
Inventor: PICKERING JOSEPH THOMPSON
IPC: B66C23/20
Filed: 1909-09-06
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 20,373. Pickering, J. T., and Krall, R. F. Sept. 6. Overhead travellers.-Comprises a hoisting- appliance in which a sliding jib or cathead carries a trolly or traveller on which the lifting chain-wheel and the gear by which it is operated are arranged at opposite ends of the trolly. Fig. 1 shows the jib and trolly in elevation, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the trolly. The jib is formed with brackets f, which slide on a shaft b fixed to the building, and comprises two side flanges having upturned edges a<1> on which the trolly g runs. The lifting-chain i<1> passes round a chain-wheel i keyed to the same shaft as a chain-wheel k which is driven by an endless chain from a hand-operated shaft m at the inner end of the trolly. In a modification, the jib is formed as an I-beam, of which the upper flange slides in fixed brackets and the lower flange forms the runway for the trolly.
Patent GB-190921216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Percussive Apparatus.
Inventor: FITZ JOSEF
IPC: B25D11/10
Filed: 1909-09-16
Granted: 1910-09-16
Abstract: 21,216. Fitz, J. Sept. 16. Percussive hand tools. -Relates to a percussive tool, for drilling or working stone, riveting, hammering, &c., of the type having co-operating cams and rollers for raising a striking-member against the resistance of a spring, which spring then moves the striker to give a blow. The striker 15 carries rollers 23, which are pressed against cam-surfaces 24 by a spring 20 bearing against a disk 21 in the casing 8 and acting through an annulus 22. A forked driving-shaft 16 rotates the striker which is axially movable, guide - rollers 18 and a centring-pin 19 being provided, and the rollers 23, cams 24 and spring 20 cause the striker to reciprocate and strike the tool 25. In a modification, the cams are carried by the striker, which is not rotated, or is intermittently rotated by a rifled part engaging a stationary pawl; and a rotary sleeve carries rollers running on an annulus and bearing below the cams above which the spring acts.
Patent GB-190926274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Screw Propellers.
Inventor: WHITE WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1909-11-12
Granted: 1910-11-14
Abstract: 26,274. White, Sir W. H., [Taylor, D. W.]. Nov. 12. Screw propellers. - In order to avoid the h a r m f u l effects of cavitation. each blade is formed with a h o l l o w or concaved back, extendirg from the leading edge, and preferably merged into the usual curved or convex back, which may be serrated and ribbed at the leading edge. Figs. 7 and 8 show such a blade, in which the angle between the face and the back at each point of the leading edge 7<1> is sharp and approximately equal to the slip angle, and the back of the blade adjacent to the leading edge is of decreasing pitch. Fig. 11 shows a blade which has the leading edge serrated, and supported by ribs beveled or sharpened at their leading ends. Specification 3466/08 is referred to.
Patent GB-191003011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Braking.
IPC: H02K27/04
Filed: 1910-02-07
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 3011. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 7. Systems for alternating-current motors only. -In a regenerative motor control system in which the separately excited field of a commutator motor is supplied with current approximately in phase with the voltage of the source, the connexions between the motor armature and the source and the strength of current supplied to the motor field are varied simultaneously to vary the braking-torque, while the strength of current in the field is varied independently to adjust the motor voltage for different speeds. In the arrangement shown, the motor armature A and compensating-winding C are connected to the source through a transformer D; the field F of an exciter E, which may be driven at a constant speed or at a speed varying with the speed of the motor, or it may be one of the driving-motors of the vehicle, is connected to the secondary winding of the transformer D through a transformer G and a phase-controlling device H. The ratios of transformation of the transformers D, G are varied by means of contacts d, g, the position of the contact g depending on the speed of the motor, while the retarding-torque is varied by varying the position of the contact d.
Patent GB-191003058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Propelling Vessels by Means of Oars.
Inventor: BEHR RUDOLF
IPC: B63H16/10
Filed: 1910-02-08
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 3058. Behr, R. Feb. 8. Oars.-Bow-facing oars, of the kind in which the oars are in two parts connected by toothed wheels, are provided with a flexible intermediate piece to permit the oars to be feathered. A casing l mounted on trunnions on the gunwale is held together by bolts o forming distance - pieces. Intergearing mutilated pinions i<1> are mounted on ball bearings on the case l, and are provided with hollow shanks i, through which work thimbles d splined to the inner and outer portions a of the oar. The thimbles d are connected by a spiral spring b capable of transmitting a rotary movement to the outer part of the oar when the parts are out of alinement. In a modification, the intergearing wheels are combined with solid journals screwing into sleeves which carry forks for supporting both the loom and flexible parts of the oars and one sleeve also carries a hook which fits closely over one of the loom parts to prevent the oars from springing from the forks.
Patent GB-191003764-A (GB)
Title: Fireproof Sliding Shutters for Safes and Doors of all kinds.
IPC: E05G1/024
Filed: 1910-02-15
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 3764. Adolphs & Co. Feb. 15, 1909, [Convention date]. Fire - proof curtains and shutters. - A fireresisting shutter or curtain for safes, doorways, theatre stages, &c. consists of a facing a of corrugated sheet iron and a fire-proof slatted blind-like member c lined with webbing &c. b, an air space f being left between the two members, which are united round the edges. A second corrugated member a may be arranged behind the member c with an air-space between; or a second member c, and finally a second member a, may be employed. In the case of a safe, the shutter may slide over an arch of rollers at the top of the safe into a recess in the back.
Patent GB-191004332-A (GB)
Title: Device for Attaching Buttons, Hooks and Eyes or other Articles on to Material.
Inventor: SIEGRIST JEAN RODOLPHE GUIDO
IPC: A44B1/42
Filed: 1910-02-21
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 4332. Siegrist, J. R. G., [known as Sigriste, G.]. Feb. 21. Staples.-A button - fastener comprises a staple 1 having legs 3 provided with cuts d at a suitable distance along their length, so that when the legs have been passed through the fabric and turned down over a plate 4 their ends may be readily broken off, as at d', Fig. 3, by bending them back.
Patent GB-191004971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tyres for Motor Cars and the like.
IPC: B60C11/16
Filed: 1910-02-28
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 4971. Rauwolf, M., and Lederfabrik Hirschberg, [vorm. Knoch & Co., H.]. Feb. 28. Tread projections and surfaces.-Non-skid studs comprise wearing-heads d having wedgeshaped bosses e seated on the tyre, which prevent damp from entering and the studs from turning, and screws c screwed into the heads from the inside of the tyre cover. Tyre attachments to rims - The cover is provided with closely-arranged metal hooks g for engaging the rim, having studs h which are driven into the edges of the cover from the outside.
Patent GB-191007952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ruling Pens.
Inventor: NAMIKI RYOSUKE
IPC: B43K17/00
Filed: 1910-04-01
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 7952. Namiki, R. April 1. Ruling - pens. - In a fountain ruling - pen of the type wherein the blades may be regulated relatively to each other without interfering with the means for regulating the supply of ink to the nib, an ink-feeding passage E is formed in one blade L, and the means for regulating the inksupply comprise a rotatable set-screw C projecting into the ink passage E. A second nut D placed on the screw C allows adjustment of the blades M, L, Fig. 2, without rotating the screw C and thereby affecting the supply of ink. The handle contains the usual compressible tube G, Fig. 1, engaged at one part by the plate M provided with a button H, by means of which the tube G may be compressed.
Patent GB-191008744-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lock for Electric Alarm Purposes generally.
Inventor: REILLY JOHN GAVAN
IPC: E05B45/06
Filed: 1910-04-11
Granted: 1911-04-11
Abstract: 8744. Reilly, J. G. April 11. Burglar alarms.-The bolt of a lock has a projecting pin i which passes through and works in a slot i<1> in the casing, and is adapted to make contact with a spring plate i<2> insulated from the casing and thereby to close an electric alarm circuit when the bolt is withdrawn. ' Engaged ' and like indicators. - The bolt also carries a stud g<6>, on which is mounted an indicator plate g' showing the words ' shut ' or ' open ' through an opening in the coverplate according as whether the bolt is shot or withdrawn.
Patent GB-191010404-A (GB)
Title: Constructional Improvements appertaining to Fixed Fasteners for Supporting the Fringes of Fireplace mantel, and other Shelves.
Inventor: COULBURN JOHN
IPC: B21D53/36
Filed: 1910-04-28
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 10,404. Coulburn, J. April 28. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Clamps, screw.-Relates to fasteners for the fringes of fire-place mantels and other shelves of the type described in Specification 17,590/05. A spring-metal bracket a<10> is secured by a screw a<7> either to the top b<1> or edge b of the shelf, and carries a clamping-screw a<5> to grip the material of the fringe. A flange a<9> allows of the fringe extending a little way above the shelf 'and gives greater spring effect to the bracket a<10>. In a modification, the screw a<5> is replaced by a spike.
Patent GB-191012564-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Heating Persons by Motor Exhaust.
Inventor: DUCKHAM FREDERIC WILLIAM
IPC: B60H1/00
Filed: 1910-05-24
Granted: 1911-05-24
Abstract: 12,564. Duckham, F. W. May 24. Body attachments, inflatable.-A double garment shaped, as shown, with a hood, and, if desired, a collar, is inflated through pipes fitted with non- return valves.
Patent GB-191014067-A (GB)
Title: Method of Photographing Maps.
Inventor: PETERSSON AXEL ROBERT
IPC: G03C5/04
Filed: 1910-06-10
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 14,067. Petersson, A. R. June 10. Maps.-In photographing maps, the map is drawn on the surface of a globe or spherical surface and the camera is placed at the centre of the globe. If the map is drawn on the outside a transparent globe is necessary.
Patent GB-191017138-A (GB)
Title: Ozonising Apparatus.
Inventor: STANTON WILLIAM WRENTMORE
IPC: C01B13/11
Filed: 1910-07-19
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 17,138. Stanton, W. W. July 19. Gases and vapours, treating electrically. - An apparatus for ozonizing air, particularly suitable for treating the air supplied to internal-combustion engines, consists of a number of vacuum tubes C held in three clamping frames resiliently supported in an outer case A. Each tube C contains an electrode c<1> having many points of contact with the glass, such as two or more wires twisted together and then formed into a spiral, or one wire twisted into a small spiral and then into a larger one, or the wire may be made with a special crosssection to give a similar result, or, according to the Provisional Specification, the spiral may be of twisted square wire. The tubes are held in clamps D, which are compressed on to rubber or like sleeves c by nuts d<2> on bolts d carrying distance sleeves d'. The frames are supported in the case by rubber or like plugs E, the middle frame only being fixed by screws d<3>. The electrodes are connected up in two diagonal groups, as shown in Fig. 2, to the terminals B, which are connected to a high-tension coil. The tubes C are wound with wire F, which, however, is not connected with the terminals. Air enters by a gauze-covered opening a, and leaves by an opening a<2>.
Patent GB-191017537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Hot Air and Steam Heating and Ventilating Systems for Railway Carriages and the like.
IPC: B61D27/00
Filed: 1910-07-23
Granted: 1911-08-23
Abstract: 17,537. Stone & Co., J., and Darker, A. H. July 23. Ventilating vehicles.- Relates to apparatus for heating and ventilating railway carriages, of the kind in which a continuous trunk d is provided with cowls or air intakes a and with delivery branches f leading to the interior of the carriage, while within the trunk are heating devices to warm the air before it is delivered to the compartments. According to the present invention, the air duct is inclined downwards from each end of the carriage towards the middle, and the condensed water gathering there is discharged through a drip tap. The duct is enclosed in a wood casing, a dead air-space being left around the duct. Where steam heaters are used, steam is supplied to heaters c, Fig. 4, situated in enlargements of the duct and supplied by a steam-pipe running through the duct. The air may be conditioned as described in Specification 22,452/05.
Patent GB-191021579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Slide Valves for Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: SAY JAMES
IPC: F01L15/12
Filed: 1911-03-16
Granted: 1911-12-30
Abstract: 21,579. Say, J. March 16, 1911. Slide valves.-Pressure fluid is prevented from acting on the backs of steam-engine and other slide valves A by wedge-blocks E, which bear against the valve-chest cover, and are adjusted by differential screws e<Î> &c., to bear accurately on the back of the valves. The blocks E are secured in the adjusted position by screws e passing through slots in the back of the valvechest cover D. Any leakage of pressure fluid to the back of the valves can be detected by opening a cock F leading to the hole f. The exhaust pressure is balanced by the pressure on the flanges a of the valves. In Fig. 1, the backs of the block E and the valve A are shown lying in the plane of contact of the valve chest and its cover. When two slide valves are arranged in a chest between two cylinders, two adjustable wedge-blocks E bearing on a fixed central wedge are placed between the valves.
Patent GB-191023846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Envelopes.
Inventor: WILLIAMS WILLIAM
IPC: B65D27/30
Filed: 1910-10-14
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 23,846. Williams, W. Oct. 14. Envelopes.-A safety envelope of the type having an adhesive tongue extension on the usual adhesive flap and a slot in the back flap to receive the tongue, is provided with unequal side flaps f, g, which abut against one another when folded, and with perforations e extending from the slot c to the edge of the back flap d.
Patent GB-191025450-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Thread Fastener for Attachment to Reels and Balls of Cotton, String and the like.
Inventor: WIMBLE FLORENCE
IPC: D05B43/00
Filed: 1910-11-02
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 25,450. Wimble, F. Nov. 2. Reels or bobbins; balls of thread.-An attachment for holding and cutting the thread, string, cotton, silk, &c. consists of a bridge-piece made of sheet or strip metal and provided with ends 4 to be sprung into the central aperture of the reel &c., and formed if desired as eyes to receive a spindle when this is required to be passed through the reel. The central part of the bridge-piece is provided with a button or thickened part 5, in which is a radial or substantially radial aperture 6 through which the thread is passed from the reel. If desired, an additional slit 6<a>, Fig. 8, may be provided to secure the thread further, and the edges of the bridge-piece may be notched at 8 for cutting the thread &c.
Patent GB-191025719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Feed Weighers.
Inventor: RICHARDSON HENRY
IPC: G01G13/08
Filed: 1910-11-05
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 25,719. Richardson, H. Nov. 5. Automatic-feed weighers.- The descent of the weighing- receptacle 1 separates electric contacts 21, 20 and stops the current in the electric motor 15 and the electro-magnet 9, thus allowing the discharge gate 4 to open and stopping the vibration of the feed shoot 13. The motor is connected to the shoot by an eccentrically - weighted shaft 16 and a flexible shaft 17. The discharge gate is closed automatically by a counterweight 8 on an arm 6 connected to a switch 29, 31 in the main circuit, so that the gate must be closed before feeding recommences. An electro-magnet in a shunt circuit holds up a catch 10 which falls and locks the gate 4 if the current fails. In a modification, the main shoot 48, Fig. 4, and dribble shoot 49 have brackets 54, 55 respectively and the sinking of the weighing-lever 59 lets the leg 61 fall so that the vibrating shaft 58 falls and acts upon the bracket 55 instead of the bracket 54. The electric contacts include a toothed plate 66 with contacts 67 for the arm 69. The plate 66 is jointly controlled by the discharge door 4 and the. weighing-lever 59 by means of links and pawls as shown.
Patent GB-191027504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Meters of the Wet Type.
Inventor: WILSON GEORGE
IPC: G01F3/30
Filed: 1910-11-25
Granted: 1911-09-14
Abstract: 27,504. Wilson, G. Nov. 25. Gas meters. -Relates to wet meters of the type in which the liquid level is maintained constant by flow through a siphon from a reservoir when the lower end of a gas-pipe leading from the reservoir to the meter is unsealed by the fall of the water level in the meter, and consists in means for re-establishing the liquid seal of the gas-pipe. A slot J' is cut in the lower limb of the siphon J so that descending water is caused to impinge in a jet on the lower end of the gas-pipe H to form a liquid seal. In a modification, the lower limb of the siphon terminates in a C-bend brought directly under the pipe H. The pipe H has a small vent hole H<1> to enable the liquid seal to be easily broken.
Patent GB-191029353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Casings or Bodies of Incandescent Gas Lamps.
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1910-12-17
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 29,353. Breeden & Co., J., and Breeden, F. Jan. 17. Pilot-jets.-The pilot-jet tube is arranged as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-191029925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing or Purifying Gas.
IPC: B01D47/00
Filed: 1910-12-23
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 29,925. Walker, C. & W., and Bachelor, J. P. Dec. 23. Scrubbers.-On a gas-scrubber of the type in which two series of scrubbing - devices are mounted in tiers on vertical rods in connexion with a superposed series of tanks, and alternately raised and lowered for dipping the scrubbing-devices into the liquid in the tanks and withdrawing them therefrom, the two rods are connected by chains passing over pulleys, so that when one rod is raised, the other is lowered, and vice versa. In the form shown, the scrubbing-devices are mounted on rods d, d<1> connected by chains f, g passing over pulleys f<1>, f<2>, c, the two lower pulleys being sprocket wheels. The pulley f<1> is oscillated by a connecting-rod j on a crank-disk i slowly rotated by worm gearing.
Patent GB-191100587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Razors.
Inventor: HOFMANN GEORG FRIEDRICH
IPC: B26B21/18
Filed: 1911-01-09
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 587. Hofmann, G. F. Jan. 9. Razors, safety. The r a z o r s described in Specifications 6476/08 and 3862/09 a r e modified so that an adjustable rigid hollowground blade with a thick middle portion can be used. As shown in Fig. 1, the rigid hollow-ground blade 4 is supported at the middle between a cover-plate 5 and a flexible guard 6 resting on a rigid support 7. The blade may have roof-shaped bevelled hollow-ground edges, Fig. 3, and, as shown, is adjustably held on a rigid guard 9 by the fastening pin 3, the enlarged conical head of which engages with a suitable hole 11 in the blade so that a coverplate is unnecessary; a spring 10 is interposed between the blade and the rigid guard.
Patent GB-191104546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Dampers of the Flues of Steam Generator and other Furnaces.
Inventor: HODGKINSON ARNOLD
IPC: F23L13/00
Filed: 1911-02-23
Granted: 1911-11-30
Abstract: 4546. Hodgkinson, A. Feb. 23. Dampers.-In order to avoid the jamming of dampers for the flues of steam-generator and other furnaces, owing to expansion of the masonry of the flue and of the metallic damper frame, the frame is made expansible, the damper being also mounted on a ball bearing to ensure freedom of motion. Fig. 1 shows a main flue damper A, mounted in a frame a by means of the pivot pin d and a ball bearing formed by two circular plates f, g<1> secured respectively to the damper and the brickwork of the flue. To allow the frame a to expand, the top and sides are formed separately, and are joined so as to be capable of relative movement, for example by bolts c passing through slots in them. A side flue damper mounted on a ball bearing in a frame formed in one piece is also described.
Patent GB-191105937-A (GB)
Title: A Novel or Improved Honing Machine.
Inventor: TWIGG WILLIAM WALLIS
IPC: B24B3/48
Filed: 1911-03-09
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 5937. Twigg, W. W., and Timbrell, W. March 9. Cutting - edges, treating. - A machine for simultaneously honing a number of razor blades is constructed with a rotating honing-disk A of iron, around which are a number of bladeholders B carried in sockets on a ring H surrounding the honing- disk. The blade-holders are rotatable to present alternate sides of an edge to the disk and to allow replacement of the blades by means of pinions E situated one on each blade-holder and all engaging a circular rack F, which is operated to move all the b l a d e - holders by a weighted lever affixed to an extension of one of the pinions. An endways reciprocating motion is imparted to the blade-holders by a cam C driven by a differential gear from the diskrotating pulley a2.
Patent GB-191110495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lotions for Treating the Scalp.
Inventor: STEBBINS MARTHA JANE
IPC: A61K8/97
Filed: 1911-05-01
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 10,495. Stebbins, M. J. May 1. Hair washes.-A lotion for the scalp consists of gum camphor, borax, arnica blossoms, Italian sage, salt, and soft water.
Patent GB-191115695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamometers.
IPC: G01L3/20
Filed: 1911-07-06
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 15,695. Heenan & Froude, and Harrison, F. July 6. [Cognate Application, 17,629/11.] Ball bearings. - In dynamometers of the water-brake type, adapted for taking measurements when the rotor is driven in either direction, the resultant axial thrust or tension in the shaft D, due to the absorption of the greater portion of the power by the water on one side of the rotor, is balanced by the reaction of a bearing E, Fig. 6. This bearing has a ring G fixed to the stator of the dynamometer, and is adapted to resist the thrust of the balls k<1>, k, according as the shaft D transmits a thrust or a tension.
Patent GB-191115729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Caps and like Head Gear.
Inventor: IREDALE WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: A42C1/08
Filed: 1911-07-06
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 15,729. Iredale, W. H., [trading as Iredale & Co., E.]. July 6. Waterproof caps; stiffening.-Caps &c. are stiffened and rendered rain-proof by treating with a solution of white shellac or resin in methylated spirits while on a heated block, and then allowing to dry before removal.